Queiroz recently competed in the Season 7 heavyweight tournament, where he submitted Mark Holata in the opening round before a semifinal-round TKO defeat to Alexander Volkov. The Brazilian and onetime UFC fighter now meets Hale, a former light-heavyweight tournament finalist (to Christian M’Pumbu) who also posted a runner-up finish in a recent heavyweight tourney (to now-champ Alexander Volkov). The Arizona-based Hale was on an 8-1 run before the loss to Volkov.

On the other side of the bracket, Russian fighter Minakov enters the tourney with a perfect 10-0 record, which included a Bellator 79 knockout of Vladimir Starcencov and marked his ninth career stoppage. He takes on Sparks, who had won eight straight, including three in Bellator, before a knockout loss to Eric Prindle. That bout, which came in October 2011, marks his most recent performance.

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